(MEMRI) Hamas Political Bureau Deputy Chairman Saleh Al-Arouri, 57, killed on Tuesday in Beirut in an Israeli airstrike, told Lebanon's Hizbullah-affiliated Al Mayadeen TV on Aug. 25, 2023: "A total war has become inevitable. We all consider it necessary. We want it....We talk about it behind closed doors. We are meeting with all the parties that [will take part] in this total war.... We will certainly defeat them." He said that in a "total conflict," Israel's airspace, seaports, electricity, water supply, and communications will be shut down, and that Hamas is capable of imposing a curfew in Israel and bringing its economy to a standstill.
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